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Week in Washington on constitutional amendments
The piece surveys proposed constitutional amendments in the 75th Congress. It discusses altering presidential terms to six years, or keeping four with no reelection, and granting veto power over individual appropriation items. Advocate Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg leads the push, tied to debates over federal retrenchment and pork-barrel spending.
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